Box for candy and other articles.



"No. 872,594 PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907.

- P. R. WARREN.

BOX'FOR CANDY AND OTHER ARTICLES. APPLICATION FILED JAN.6,1905.

Brookline, in the county of Norfolk and cles, in which the box isprovided at its to UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER R.

WARREN, OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE P. R. WARRENCOMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

BOX FOR CANDY AND OTHER ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed January 5,1905. Serial m. 239.719.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER R. WARREN, a citizen of the United States,residing at State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Boxes for Candy and other Articles,'of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in boxes for containing candy andother artior cover with a' sight-aperture throug which the contents ofthe boxmay be viewed, and my inventionconsistsin the combination with abox of this type, of a supplemental inner cover, preferably providedwith depending flanges adapted to extend down against the inner faces ofthe ends or sides of the box, and also provided with a sightapertureregistering with that in the box-top or outer cover, and covered withtransparent material, whereby the contents of the box are additionallyprotected and the air more eflectually excluded therefrom.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 isa perspective view of a boxadapted for containing candy or other articles and provided with myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig.3 is a view of the supplemental inner cover. Fig. 4 is a view of theunder side'of the same, showing one method of securing thereto thetransparent material which covers its sight-opening.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a box which may be composed of abody or inner portion 2 adapted to slide endwise within an outer coveror casing 3, open at both ends as shown. This cover 3 is provided in itstop with a sight-aperture 4, through which the contents of the boxcanbeseen.

Within the body-portion of the box is placed a supplemental inner cover5 consisting of a strip of cardboard or other suitable material adaptedto fit snugly therein, and

having an aperture 6 registering with the sight-aperture 4 of the outercasing or cover 3, said aperture 6 being covered with a piece oftransparent material 7 which is secured upon the underside of the strip,preferably by means of tabs or slits 8 formed by cutting through saidstrip ,a simple ,cheap, and eflective method 'of securing thetransparent material to the inner cover without the use of glue or otheradhesivesubstance being thus or sides, whereby it is held securely inplace. The supplemental air-excluding cover, and

the arrangement of sight-apertures, serve to attractively display thecontents of the box and at the same time as an additional protector forthe goods and also to more effectually exclude the air than whereonly'the usual cover is employed, such exclusion of the air being animportant feature in connection with many kinds of confectionery andother edible articles.

By applying the transparent material to the under side of thesupplemental inner cover and securing it thereto by means of tabs orslits .as described, the upper surface of the said inner cover is leftsmooth, so that n0 obstruction is offered to the free sliding of thebody-portion of the box within the outer casing.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. In combination with a box tray having an open top, an outsidecover independent of the tray and having a sight-opening in the top, anindependent inside removable cover.

for the contents of the box consisting of a 1 sheet of stiif materialsuch ascard board or the like having a flat top portion which is adaptedto fit the interior of the tray and has downwardly extending end flangeswhich are adapted to fit inside the end walls of the I tray, asight-opening in said inner cover which registers with the sight-openingin the outer cover and a-sheet of transparent material lying wholly onthe under side of said cover and closin said opening and secured to theunder sur ace of said cover.

2. In combination with a box tray having an open top, an outside coverindependent of the tray .and having a sight-Openin in the top, anindependent inside removab e cover for the contents of the boxconsisting ofa sheet of stiff material such as card board or' the likehaving a flat top portion which is adapted to fit the interior of thetray and has downwardly extending end flanges which are adapted to fitinside the end walls of the tray, a sight-openin in said inner coverwhich registers with t e sight-opening in the outer cover and a sheet oftransparent material lying wholly on the under side of said in'- nercover and closing said opening and se- In testimony whereof I havehereunto subcured to the under surface of said inner cover scribed myname this 31st day of December, by downward chpsforined by sht'tlng said1904.

inner cover whereby the outer surface of said PETER R. WARREN. 5 innercover and the inner surface of said Witnesses:

outer cover being adjacent to each other are ALEX. P. BROWNE,

free from interfering projections. ELLEN Bv ToMLrNsoN.

